Certain laws not to apply to work experience placements
10 Certain laws not to apply to work experience placements
A student on work experience is taken not to be the employee of the work experience provider and the provider is taken not to be the employer of the student.
In particular, a law prohibiting employment or regulating working conditions does not apply to work experience.
However, the following laws apply to work experience as if the student were an employee or worker and the work experience provider were an employer—
the Work Health and Safety Act 2011;
the Child Employment Act 2006, section 8A;
a law that prohibits the employment, or regulates the working conditions, of persons who do not have particular qualifications.
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